2008/1/24 Ondřej Kučera <ondrej.kucera@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello, > > I need to be able to use java applets on my Arch64 box. From what I > found on the wiki (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_FAQ) it > should work out of the box in Konqueror but unfortunately it isn't the > case for me. > > I tried the following two pages containing applets, neither seems to > work. > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/applet/getStarted.html > http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/ > > I do have the java packages (both jre and jdk), I have java enabled in > Konqueror, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to do something else. > > Truth to be told the best solution would be to have applets working in > Firefox since since I need them working in an intranet web application > that is not exactly 100% compatible with Konqueror, I'm afraid. Is there > a working solution for Firefox? > > -- > Cheers, > Ondřej > The only way I've found to get a Java web browser plugin to work on Arch64 is to use Blackdown JRE from AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=6085 Unfortunately it only supports 1.4.2, so if you need some fancy >=1.5 features, you might be out of luck. Hope this helps, Mark
